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Morwen Lagann Tyrathlion Interstellar 567	Posted - 2013.05.04 17:39:00 - [1] - Quote Children of Naught: End State by Aria Jenneth In the end, as in the beginning and the middleGÇöas everGÇöwe are nothing, nothing, certainly nothing of significance, hollow emptinesses in the vague shapes of people, or of ships. That is what the Black whispers to us that we are. That is what the Black will make of us, in time, of all of us, perhaps, or perhaps only of some, those who are foolish enough to listen as I have listened. We whose ships pass among the stars, who watch planets flick past as momentary blots and blurs in the depths of a Nothing infinitely more vast, suffer from an excess of something humanity has rarely had even enough of: perspective. We are ants who live on a mountain crest, from which great height even the greatest cities seem insignificant. It is a powerful, an alluring feeling, to see so far. And yet, so vast is this place, and so empty, and so unkind, that if we dare to look at ourselves within its depths we will see the same that we see when we look at others: motes, specks, figments. Many among us think ourselves grand, now. This is only because these have not turned to the Black as their mirror and seen that it looks at them the same as it looks at the humans they hold themselves above. The BlackGÇÖs is a cosmic perspective, vast and uncaring, and unkind. To it, we are motes of dust, and we, some of us, alone in the isolation of our pods or in our quarters, cut off from human warmth and light and love, perhaps even unable to feel these things at those times when we are surrounded by them? We begin to see its point. Is this is the end state for all of us Demented, to drift away on seas of abstraction, to lose our selves on seas of cold nothing, to find ourselves drained of motive force, of ambition, of hope, even of hate, pain, fear, anger, sorrow, even of despair? I do not know. I know that this is where my path led me, at the end: into uncaring emptiness. It was not the understanding, the insight into and unity with my place in the universe that I desired. Instead of finding my place in the Totality, I found the place in the universe belonging to the Black, the killing near-nothing, the empty halls of space, that I emulated. I am gone from among you, now, not dead, but departed; this writing will find its way to your meeting spaces only with the aid of a friend. Other writings on other topics may follow this one, but I think that this will be the last of its kind. May these essays stand as a guide to those who need them, but as a warning, also, for to embrace the Black is to embrace that which is most truly antithetical to the matter and energy-rich worlds we have known as our homes: the near-absence of everything. What marks I will carry from my time as a student of the Black, I do not know. Perhaps worlds of smaller scale and lesser perspective, but better resolution, will fill the gap in my spirit. Already, they have papered over the hole. Or, perhaps what I learned studying at the feet of the Black will be mine for as long as I exist, branding me a horror with a soul full of bottomless pits and empty spaces so hollow that they would echo if only they had air in them to carry sound. Like you, capsuleer. Like all of us who hear the Black whisper, and dare listen. Republished with permission. Morwen Lagann Director, Tyrathlion Interstellar
Andreus Ixiris Mixed Metaphor 2555	Posted - 2013.05.04 17:41:00 - [2] - Quote Oh gods. Despite the fact that Aria herself had the common decency to **** off, her words apparently didn't get the memo. Mane 614
Valerie Valate Church of The Crimson Saviour 219	Posted - 2013.05.04 17:51:00 - [3] - Quote Andreus Ixiris wrote: Oh gods. Despite the fact that Aria herself had the common decency to **** off, her words apparently didn't get the memo. So edgy, I nearly cut my eyeball looking at this post.
Andreus Ixiris Mixed Metaphor 2555	Posted - 2013.05.04 17:59:00 - [4] - Quote Valerie Valate wrote: So edgy, I nearly cut my eyeball looking at this post. Look harder. Mane 614
Stitcher Re-Awakened Technologies Inc 1202	Posted - 2013.05.04 18:05:00 - [5] - Quote You're in a sullen mood tonight Andreus, what brought it on? An in-character blog and a video: http://verinsjournal.blogspot.com http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tu1mbsgo738
Che Biko Humanitarian Communists 434	Posted - 2013.05.04 18:27:00 - [6] - Quote Isn't the OP an adequate cause for that? Nightmares - A short story by Ch+¬ Biko
Shiori Shaishi Terpalen Trading Corporation 30	Posted - 2013.05.04 18:30:00 - [7] - Quote In the hope that it may be helpful to the casual reader, I humbly offer this link to the collated series.
Natalcya Katla Naqam Shaktipat Revelators 126	Posted - 2013.05.04 18:50:00 - [8] - Quote I see.
Valerie Valate Church of The Crimson Saviour 219	Posted - 2013.05.04 19:10:00 - [9] - Quote Stitcher wrote: You're in a sullen mood tonight Andreus, what brought it on? Quafe probably cancelled his lifetime supply of Quafe, over his support of the Blood Raider Covenant. Withdrawal symptoms and all that. What a Shame.
Andreus Ixiris Mixed Metaphor 2560	Posted - 2013.05.04 19:24:00 - [10] - Quote Valerie Valate wrote: Quafe probably cancelled his lifetime supply of Quafe, over his support of the Blood Raider Covenant. Withdrawal symptoms and all that. What a Shame. Are you squinting? You may need to squint. Mane 614
Katrina Oniseki Revenent Defence Corperation Ishuk-Raata Enforcement Directive 1490	Posted - 2013.05.04 20:09:00 - [11] - Quote You two make such a cute couple. Ch+½j+ì Katrina Oniseki ~ (RDC) Chief Operations Officer ~ [I-RED] Sub-Director of Public Relations
Synthetic Cultist Church of The Crimson Saviour 158	Posted - 2013.05.04 21:56:00 - [12] - Quote Katrina Oniseki wrote: You two make such a cute couple. Andreus is Not that Way Inclined.
Ollie Rundle The Synenose Accord Celestial Imperative 31	Posted - 2013.05.05 09:56:00 - [13] - Quote Shiori Shaishi wrote: In the hope that it may be helpful to the casual reader, I humbly offer this link to the collated series. Sincere thanks Ms. Shaishi for providing the link so others might read the collection in full. The series is one I've reflected on several times since it was first published. It's regretful that most of the replies to this entry do not - as yet - live up to the thought and level of insight contained in the replies of those that came before it. Still it's early days, and hope remains eternal. My thanks also to Ms. Jenneth, wherever she finds herself now. Your own search for the truth of things and calm analysis of the small, simple details that are so often ignored or just conveniently forgotten has always been interesting. This last essay, while personally disappointing in its individual outcome, nevertheless remains true to the collection's intent. I wish you the best for the future, whatever that may be. Not indicative of corporate policy unless otherwise stated.
Gwen Ikiryo Hoderi's Folly 104	Posted - 2013.05.05 12:01:00 - [14] - Quote Odd break in the pattern from all the previous essays. While they were all written with an underlying imperative - At first, in the form of advisement, then later, in the form of warning - This final one seems to offer no cousel, to give no anwsers. It presents nothing, save for itself. It seems almost more a self-examination, in truth. A conclusion for the writer, not the reader. But then, I suppose student and teacher are seekers both. There's likely little point in saying more, considering the author obviously can't respond here. Thank you for relaying it, miss Lagann.
Natalcya Katla Naqam Shaktipat Revelators 126	Posted - 2013.05.05 12:20:00 - [15] - Quote Yes...thank you.
Tamiroth 118	Posted - 2013.05.05 12:41:00 - [16] - Quote Every post-human enthusiast should read this and think this through. That's what awaits you, not the brave new future you are eager to embrace. "So unbound that even death can not claim you". Beyond the humanity lies the gaping void, the maw of madness countless billions light years wide, and it will claim you even if your current copy thinks that the death can not.
Natalcya Katla Naqam Shaktipat Revelators 126	Posted - 2013.05.05 12:51:00 - [17] - Quote Tamiroth wrote: Beyond the humanity lies the gaping void, the maw of madness countless billions light years wide If that is what space is to you, then go away. Go away, like Aria.
Tamiroth 118	Posted - 2013.05.05 12:59:00 - [18] - Quote Quote: If that is what space is to you No, not the space - space is beautiful. This was written about the human mind and not about the physical universe.
Natalcya Katla Naqam Shaktipat Revelators 126	Posted - 2013.05.05 13:12:00 - [19] - Quote Tamiroth wrote: No, not the space - space is beautiful. This was written about the human mind and not about the physical universe. Very well. I withdraw my comment, in that case. Though it should be noted that Aria was almost certainly referring to both, in conjunction with each other.
Lyn Farel Kitzless 489	Posted - 2013.05.05 15:16:00 - [20] - Quote The human mind does not need post-humanity to fall short of many things already.
Che Biko Humanitarian Communists 434	Posted - 2013.05.05 15:23:00 - [21] - Quote Natalcya Katla wrote: If that is what space is to you, then go away. You don't have to leave a planet to see space, or its implications. Besides, planets are in space, and if you're on a planet, I think you're still in space on a rather large "spaceship". I'm not even sure if death ensures that you leave space. Nightmares - A short story by Ch+¬ Biko
Natalcya Katla Naqam Shaktipat Revelators 126	Posted - 2013.05.05 15:46:00 - [22] - Quote Che Biko wrote: You don't have to leave a planet to see space, or its implications. Besides, planets are in space, and if you're on a planet, I think you're still in space on a rather large "spaceship". I'm not even sure if death ensures that you leave space. Captain Biko, my inclination to involve myself in this kind of argument for argument's sake is zero. Not on this topic, not now.
Shintoko Akahoshi Pyre Falcon Defence Cadre XV-01A Pyre Falcon Defence Combine 38	Posted - 2013.05.06 19:36:00 - [23] - Quote Tamiroth wrote: Every post-human enthusiast should read this and think this through. That's what awaits you I don't think that's true, nor do I think that's what Aria was trying to say. Quote: Is this is the end state for all of us... I do not know. I know that this is where my path led me, at the end: into uncaring emptiness. Aria documented her path from uplifted baseliner through posthumanism no matter where it led her, and she did so in a way that was both profoundly insightful and touchingly human. Hers may not be the path we all tread, but it is the path that some of us will follow. Bio and writing

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